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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



maiils. altcTiiatoly riglit aiul left. The 

 Jloweis lor llu'sc sliould bu spec-ially line, 

 ii«) uceil to tie tliciii. and they should he 

 \eiy loose and irregular. The other way 

 is to make up loose, round bouquets and 

 lie with very broad libbon. white for 

 tlie bride, pink or anv olhrr color for 

 the rest. 



Suainsona is rather hcaw. Iml with 

 ji^lil ;;,eens makes a ^i",, I Uun.^nV, . and 



-rm-t'i i- '■ 1 1.. i.ur;i, i-i.,u,T- -11, di 



ada].lc.l In head du— .^i .lu-lr]-. We 

 think a eluster of something, or even 

 one flower, at tlie side of a. bouquet, al- 

 vvavs lends eharacter to it. takes the 

 saim-mss away and gives it finish. 



[Ill 11- is ni) end to the eombiuations 

 one an make. Valley and orchids, white 

 rose- and valley, or roses, jasminum or 

 rhynehosperinum and of orange blossoms 



A bouquet iif white daisies for the 

 bride, yellow ones for her maids, can be 

 made to look pretty. A great many 

 brides are averse to carrying white flow- 

 ers for tlie reason that the color em- 

 phasizes their own if they happen to be 

 pale. There is an increasing demand 

 for bride's bouquets made of American 

 licautics or red roses. No sensible 



bunrlics witlHiut lir^l inquiring about 



nf lliiwi-i- mainly deix'nds on that point; 

 till lilili.in especially should be the exact 

 -liiidr of Mower or dress: there can be no 



It tl: 



vhlliltl 



above that. Let us see less of the chrome 

 and more of the water color in our art. 

 Size lines noi alwavs eininl ; quality JS 

 mm. L.'.iH Tiillv |.ii'feii.,l. Attend to the 

 >ii ic'i I 111.-- .,1 c.ii i.'ii 111-- ; Illlike vour 



iM.iii|.i.i- - II .mil iLiiiiti, iMi- thenthey 



will ill' lairitl N\ith iilea-ure. Keep 

 coarse greens away from tender flowers. 

 Ixcmember the dress is more important 

 than your bunch. The finish is every- 

 thing; have no tinfoil, no heavy rims of 

 ferns or smilax, but a creation of your 

 best endeavor. I\'ER.\. 



LILIES AND FERNS. 



from 

 i>y tl: 



Gen. \V 

 ised are 



The 



ly useful ill such \M.ik. tnkiirj ili.- ]ihi.'e 

 of eycas leaves at mueli less cost, as 

 well as being a great deal more graceful. 

 There is certainly a great future for 

 this fern in supplying material for use 

 in floral arrangements a- w.ll as a deco- 

 rative plant. 'J'lif li.n.l- li-l exceeding- 

 ly well. To test ihi- ii.inl tn our sat- 

 isfaction we recently ublaineil several cut 

 fronds and kept them in vases of water 

 in a living room. They remained in 

 U'ood condition for three or four davs and 

 were in fnii -li.i|ir :,( tlic .ml ..f a' w.^ek. 



'tllis VllllLlMc ,l,:,,:Mlc,i-lir ;,|,|„aled 

 to US s,, -iL.lrJv tli.lt -,>.■ ,...|llc-tc.l 



the Mcs>r-. WidlHiM I., mak,. up and 

 jihotograph for us the arrangement from 

 which the engraving is made. It is cer- 

 tainly a verv prettv bunch and will no 

 doubt be of interest to manv. 



THE LAWSON CARNATION. 



hints on the eultivation nf the Law -on 

 may not be out of i)laee at this season. 



Cuttings propagated any lime during 

 February or .March will make best stock 

 for early planting and b'.ooining. Hy 

 "early" I mean jdants to be housed lat- 

 ter part of July or first week in August. 

 If wanted for later planting cuttings 

 taken in Ajn-il (owing t. il~ miinl 

 growth and great vitiilii\ . in.ik. ^i.iml 

 stock for taking indnm- m Aiil;ii-i .hi. I 

 September. 



Karly stock .should be put in •2-iiicli 

 pots and re-pottcd along as they require 

 until in 31-inch or 4-inch, but it is not ad- 

 visable to have the size larger than 4-inch 

 as the ball will be too large to transplant 

 in benches where 4 inches in depth is 

 the limit. 



As soon as danger of frost is over the 

 stock may be planted out in the field, 

 and as they are to be lifted early they 

 need not be planted wide apart. Usu- 

 ally the distance will be governed by 

 the width of the Planet, Junior, or other 

 wheel hoe to be used in their cultiva- 

 tion, and 6 to 8 inches apart in many 

 cases will be sufficient between plants 

 in the row. 



The worst defect in the Lawson is a 

 tendency to throw short stems on first 

 blooms early in the season, if the plants 

 are allowed to make their flowering 

 growth in the field. To remedy this, 

 go over the plants, say ten days before 

 housing, and carefully pinch back all 

 flowering growths, so that their flower- 

 ing shoots are made under glass. This 

 «ill in-Ill I- a much longer stem on first 

 Mm, nil-, that will keep increasing a.s 

 I 111- -.•a-.iii advances. 



The Lawson is an cmiy .in.l Ky rea- 

 son of its exceptional \ii,ilii\. ..mtinu- 

 ous) bloomer, throwing ii|i n- ;.;i"\\lh in 

 rapid succession so tlmi n ...m.- a- near 

 being continu.m- ,i- ,iii\ Miiicty yet pro- 

 duced. Its ihihIik I nriii -- i- wonderful, 

 considering tli.' .|ii;iliiy ni I lie blooms, 

 and to stinuil.ii.- ilu- ,i lilninl -supply of 

 nourishment i- nir.--;iiy. I linl .m' oc- 

 casional top .lr.'--in'j .i| |iiiK.ii/.4 -beep 

 manure every tw.. wc.k- -nil- ii n.lmir- 

 ably, commen.iii'j i:iil\ in \i>\. inli.r and 

 continuing all ilir.iiii;li ili.- wini.i and 

 spring seasnii. Mi.nilil ih.' -..il .ippear 

 to.be overlcl, .n -mii. willihnl.l the 

 shee]i iii;iniii,' :mi.1 -iihstitute a good dust- 

 ing nf .11, -kik,,| I, me. 



An.iili. I ii;i|i. 11, lilt point is a tendency 

 of the bluuiii- In lade or "bleach" around 

 the edges on the sudden a])pearance of 

 sunshine after dull, cloudy weather. 

 We have little trouble in this respect 

 as our houses run norll, and south and 

 so do not get till' .liii, I li.;lil in winter, 

 which has bc.n in .mi hiMir in the cul- 

 tivation of tlii- ^.lli.u. ,11.1 the reasim 



Whv T liaVC fllllr.l l,i U Mil , lll.'l- «||.,-,- 



sh!idilc.'',n'nin'iM'.n":- nn I i I ''i In'., '".!.i' 

 ago, wiicn (In- .,,-! -i.l.. ,v,i- -li:nl,M. ,111.1 

 now we arc li-liilv -li,Mliiig the west. 

 I would advi-c (li.-.' .jr. .wing the Law- 

 son with a s..niliiin ii-|,.,i to shade say 

 4 to 6 inches .Inwii the center of each 

 square or row of glass, as early in 

 the season as this trouble appears, in- 

 creasing the shade with the season. 



If you have any of .your houses run- 

 ning cast and west, plant Lawson in 

 them, or in any houses that get partial 

 shade from other structures. It will 

 well repay any extra care bestowed. 



In other respects the culture of the 

 Lawson does not difTer from Ihe aver- 

 age carnation. Only during the dull 



winter I find it beneficial to 

 light temperatuie at from 52 

 lees. keeping it as near the 



|iii--ilile. This promotes a 

 will ,111.1 prevents splitting and 



. iiii-cil in my opinion by slow 



1-. .Mass.. Ai: 



FORCED BULBS. 



use again after 

 I V Also are pa- 



picking nil 111., ik.wii- as soon as de- 

 veloped. \\c ti..ii I 111 111 verv different- 

 ly. All \\., -I .k 1-1., i,.,ce out the flower 

 that they prepare I.i us. Both would 

 flower again feebly, but it would never 

 pay. 



Contrary to what many gardeners 

 suppose, tlie wliilc i;..ii,.,,,"li\ ,1, i,itli is 

 hardy. .\- |„....f ,,i ,1,,-. I'.-t.', II. ,i,l,,i 



son & Cn. IlilM- ,,i:,,,.x ,h.,l,-,i,i,|- ,,1 III.-,, 



now in bl.-...iii al lli.' I'.m .\nic, i. an Im- 

 position which were planted late la-t 

 December. If it was a winter with lit- 

 tle snow and the bulbs were unprotected 

 and the ground was continually freez- 

 ing and thawing they would possibly not 

 come through the winter. But planted 

 deeply, then allowing a little frost to 

 get in the ground and covering oxer 

 with a few inches of litter or stable 

 manure, the Roman hyacinths come 

 through finely. They can" also be frozen 

 in boxes outside, when prepared for 

 forcing, but never should be handled 

 in that way; or rather never should be 

 brought suddenly into a warm house. 



The paper white narcissus does not 

 want any frost at all. 



There " is no such thing as Dutch 

 Romans. Possiblx- your correspondent 

 means the small Umi,!, li\:iiinth. These 

 when not forced 1. ,i \.i\ ...iK ilnwering 

 and allowed to .In ,,il -r,i,li,.illv can be 

 l.kiiilc.l iiiiiiin in lii. Inl In wins' October 

 .', \,,\ .■,,il.,,' .111,1 ,_, i\., a fairly good 



il'|".i ..III nl .1 - ,111.1 will do fairly 



"ill tni -cmtjI \,,,iis. but never de- 

 pend nil any of these bulbs for forcing 

 the second year. As every one knows, 

 the Dutch hyacinth is as" hardy as a 

 tulip and will survive any winter we 

 have. W'lm.vM Scott. 



HARDY PLANTS. 



Editor Florists" Review: In compli- 

 ance with your request, I give you my 

 views regarding the plan that appeared 

 in .vour last issue. I agree with Mr. 

 Higgins as to the great adaptability of 

 hardy plants for the eitv vard, but" am 

 inclined to favor a few more shrubs, or 



